Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-19

The obligations are mutual, and where
you ignore or weaken this right, you de-
stroy or diminish the duty of allegiance.
1t is not too much 10 say, then, that
where there are extra rdinary combina-
lions to violate the laws there should be
ez traordinary legislation for its suppress
sion, and the wisdom and craftsmanship
of Texas, doubt not, will be found equal
to the duty of prescribing remedies for
every crime which the ingenuity OF evil
disposed men can contrive or invent. If
GU present laws are defective in that re-
spt ct they should he promptly amended; If
new ones are demanded by public ext
gencies, they should be enacted, and the
officials charged with their execution
clothed with ample power and authority
to enforce obedience; otherwise they will
be illusorY in character and useless in
action. The people expect their repre-
ser tatives TO guard well the doors OF
their treasury; and, under exist g imam
Clsl conditions, we are compelled 10
scrutinize our expenditures with the ut
most vigilance and endeavOr by all fair
and honorable modes to reduce the ex-
penditures to the lowest practicable
amount consistent with proper regard
to the public interest and an effective ad-
mnistratlon OF the government. But
they do not demand an unreasonable
strlDgency which would incur the peril of
disastrous recoil, superinducing the
very state OF things sought to be stunned,
by q sacrifice of efficiency to fsl,e idea
Of economy. We may boast in vain OF
our great natural resources, but we shall
fail to impress the world by playing the
giant abroad and the pigmy at home.
Our people are educated in law-abiding
habits, and their Instincts and their In
terests are in favor Of peace, order and
Justice. They present higher evidence
OF thrift, economy, labor, wealth and
prosperity-the natural results of obeoi-
ence to law and order-than any other
given section Of the Union. And while
insisting upon the exercise of wise and
Just economy. they expect their repre-
Sentatives to infuse the necessary strength
and vigor into every department of gov
eminent; for they stand pledged to main
tain the laws, foster progress, universal
education AID the elevation of the masses,
protect labor, encourage capital and
build up home industries to the end that
our people may be induced in fuller
measure to rely upon their own resources,
and thus develop the greatest diversified
lion Of commercial and industrial enter
prises to add to the wealth and produc-
tion of the state, and the continued activ-
ity of those great and vital moral and
economic forces which underlie true
grandeur and which tend to cultivate and
enlarge an undying attachment to our
state, its history and it's institutions, and
inspire a profound state pride, as well as
q sublime veneration for the patriotic
example of those who laid, broad and
deep, the foundations OF our state gov
eminent.
In every polity, whether civil or eccle,
slastical, the judic al system is matter
of the first Importance, and needs 10 be
adjusted with the greatest care and &C
curacy, to subServe the ends of govern
ment in the repression OF wrong and the
defense of right. Laws are mere abstrac
tons, and cannot enforce themselves, but
must be expounded and faithfully ap'
piled to serve their purpose and it is
quite possible to have wise system oi
legislation, and at the same time such
defective organism for enforcement as
that the laws will be either too lax or toe
lardy in their operation, as is supposed
to be the case with our present system
The privilege of appeal is Of small value
to the citizen, where he is forced to wai'
long years before he can have his rights
determined, the very lapse of time interven
ing working incalCulable injury, and, In
some instances, q practical denial of JUS
tice Besides, it is impossible to com
| pute the loss, in money and peace O.
, mind, to the citizen where he cannot have
his appeal heard, and his real or supposed
advantages speedily realized.
The interests of every state need, above
all else, a strong bench, equal to the in
tellectual demands of the people, alway!
: remaining in justice and equity, in intel.
: lect and earning, in freedomand courage
I the central orb Of the highest civilization
and the sheet anchor of law and order
2 The rich and powerful, with an ine1haus
r tible treasury, and ready command o
: the best legal talent at the bar, can TAX
! care of themselves; but the surest, ant
t often only hope of the poor and weak, TO
z the protection of person and property,is II
? be found in the able Judge, who pursue
( the call of Official DUTY regardless of
= temporary frenzy of popular passion o
5 applause, or the corrupting influence o
, unDridled power.
} But, after ell, our laws must be sus
r tanned by moral sentiment, and persona
/ effort must supplement official action
: There are evils which statutes can
not reach or remedy; and when you nav,
t passed all the constitutional laws appro
5 pirate to the situation, and they hav
: been faithfully executed by the prope
| officers, there will remain great worl
: for the people which comes not within
. the scope of legislation; and the reform
that is called for in this direction is NJ
= small matter. 1t will take combined ant
: continued effort, as we'll as wisdom, pa
thence and courage. Where 1t is wron:
3 public opinion must be changed, where i
is false public sentiment must be cor
rected. We must begin at the freside
! keep it up in the school room, continue
IN the press, urge 1t in the pulpit, an,
complete it in the courts of justice.
t The foundation of successful self
: government is widely diffused educa
; ton and 8 high average of moral culture
No people can be truly and permanently
! great, in the highest and best sense of tn
: word who 90 not provide ample HON
J educational facilities for their youth. Tn
} wise statesmen who preceded US recos
nized the fact that our constitution rest
upon the virtue and intelligence OF tn
= people, and whenever either one of thes
ingredients fails, our government fails
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